Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

The day after Shiyu and the others came to the house, Kato Yusuke accepted Megumi's purchasing invitation.

Like some kind of agreement, the two went to the supermarket to buy a lot of ingredients as usual, and then returned to his apartment.

It was dusk and the sky was just getting dark.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone slightly, illuminating the quiet residential area, laying out a hazy color, dyeing everything around it in soft tones.

At the door of the room, the slender figure was still sitting there quietly.

Kato Yusuke stopped, a look of complexity flashed in his eyes.

"Welcome back, Yusuke."

As if nothing happened yesterday, Sayu greeted him with a smile, and then turned his eyes to Kei aside.

"And, are you Kato-san? Good evening."

Slowly, Megumi responded in his usual easy-going tone.

"...Well~ Good evening, Ms. Ogiwara."

In the quiet corridor, two girls looked at each other, their brown and black hair flowing slowly in the breeze.

Today, Sayu wore a loose white sweater, a pair of slim jeans, the legs of which clung to her slender ankles, and a pair of canvas shoes.

She dresses up simply and casually, with clean and smooth hair and cute appearance, showing the youth and vitality of the girl, sweet and moving.

In contrast, Hui is wearing a pale pink jacket with a white shirt underneath, and a light gray pleated skirt on her lower body. Her slender and shapely legs stretch out from under the skirt, and she wears a pair of fresh white sports shoes on her feet. shoe.

She wore a ponytail, exposing her delicate neck, and carried a women's brown leather bag slung over her shoulder. The overall shape is warm, comfortable and fashionable, making people feel very comfortable.

Kato Yusuke looked at them, and after a long silence, he said: "...Okay, Megumi, let's go in."

"Well……?"

Megumi looked at him first, then looked at Sayu again, tilting her head slightly in thought.

"Um, I feel like this is not a good idea. Otherwise, would you like to come in for a cup of tea, Ms. Ogiwara?"

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Huh? ""

Faced with this statement, the two people made their voices heard in unison.

"Because, rather than letting Ms. Ogiwara sit outside all the time, I think it would be better for you, Yusuke, to chat with her. If you don't want to talk anyway..."

Hui pondered for a moment and said, "Then how about just having a cup of tea?"

"..."

Kato Yusuke frowned, his lips wriggled, and finally he dropped his shoulders in resignation, neither agreeing nor rejecting.

Hui gave him a gentle yet apologetic smile, then walked to the door of the room and nodded to Shad, who stood up involuntarily.

"Then please wait a moment~ I'll open the door now."

"--Huh?"

Hearing this, Sayu, who was staring at Kato Yusuke in surprise, suddenly turned his head.

Then, she saw Hui take out a key bag from the bag she was carrying, select one of the many keys and open the door directly.

"Okay, then please come in, Ms. Ogiwara." The other party said with a smile, and humbly asked her to enter first.

However, Sayu just stared at this scene dumbfounded, unable to calm down at all.

--Why? ?

The brain started to spin instinctively, and questions emerged one after another.

Why does this girl have the key to Yusuke's house?

Why can this girl influence Yusuke's decision?

Why can this girl get something that others don’t have?

Sayu stared closely at the inconspicuous key, his eyes moved for a while, and he frowned unconsciously.

She has been coming here every day recently to welcome Kato Yusuke home, and this is the first time she has seen someone with the key to his house.

Judging from the opponent's familiar opening of the door, it is obvious that this is not the first time such a thing has been done.

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In addition, the key was kept in a private key bag, so it was definitely not a temporary key, but a spare key that had been held for a long time and belonged to this home.

Sayu instantly realized the difference and pursed her lips unconsciously, feeling an indescribable panic in her heart.

She obviously didn't care about Shiyu's harsh remarks yesterday, but now she felt a strong shock and shake when looking at Hui who invited her into the room in a friendly way.

Kato Yusuke on the side never spoke, as if he had completely handed over the right of choice and decision-making, even if that might allow his "ostracized self" to enter the room.

Sayu felt that he was facing an important decision, as if he were at a crossroads in life. His eyes were foggy and he couldn't see the road ahead clearly.

She closed her eyes and breathed slowly and deeply.

In order not to make the wrong decision, I check my heart again and again.

The indecisive mood is like the swaying water surface, slender and transparent.

After a long time, Sayu opened his eyes.

Facing Hui's patient and calm eyes, she took a step back with gentle steps, showed a decent and polite smile, and answered in a soft voice.

"...Thank you, Kato-san, but as expected, I'll forget it."

"I see……?"

"Well, that's not the place I should go in now. I will go in and bother you when the time comes."

"On special occasions..."

Hui recited this sentence softly, looked at her slightly pale but determined expression thoughtfully, and finally nodded slightly.

"Hmm~~ Since Ms. Ogiwara said so, let's do it. Yusuke, can you help me bring in the ingredients? I'm worried that the melted ice pack of the seafood will make the taste worse, so I want to put it in the refrigerator as soon as possible."

"okay."

Kato Yusuke held the plastic bag in his hand and entered the entrance hall with Megumi without saying anything.

Sayu stood quietly, watching them close the door with a smile, her mood becoming transparent.

Although the person was still expressionless, she still caught a fleeting surprise in the other person's eyes the moment he passed her.

Even though it was only less than a second of eye contact, there was still an uncontrollable excitement in my heart.

"……poker face."

Sayu whispered and sat down on the ground again with his knees in his arms.

In fact, it wasn't that she didn't want to enter the room behind her.

But she wanted to wait for the person's personal permission before entering openly, instead of being invited in for unknown reasons.

It’s a small thing, but the meaning behind it makes all the difference.

Even if some people might say she's being picky, she's not going to change.

After all, when that person is willing to accept her again one day, she hopes that it will be out of the other person's heartfelt emotions rather than being influenced by others.

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At a quarter past seven, Kato Yusuke was ready to send Kei home.

They packed their things and went out, Sayu was still sitting outside the door.

"Yusuke, can I say a word to you?"

The girl stood up and said, "Just one sentence is enough. If you don't want to talk to me alone, then it doesn't matter if you ask Kato-san to stay with you."

Megumi: "Um~ forget what I said. I'll wait for you downstairs first, Yusuke."

Rejecting Sayu's offer to listen, Hui went downstairs first, leaving space for the two of them.

Then, Kato Yusuke heard this.

"——Yusuke, I'm going back to Hokkaido tomorrow, so I wanted to say goodbye to you. Having said that, I will move to Tokyo when the school starts.

I'm sorry for causing you a lot of trouble during this period...but I will probably still bother you in the future, so I hope you can be patient as much as possible.

If you can't bear it anymore, you can consider dating me as soon as possible.

On this basis, please be mentally prepared and

Take care of yourself and I will bring you a lot of Hokkaido specialties next time.

at last--"

Sayu took a deep breath and bowed.

"Thank you for taking care of me during this time! Also, goodbye, Yusuke, see you later."

"…………"

Is this a sentence?

This is a short composition!

Kato Yusuke opened his mouth and said in a cliched low voice: "Don't come again."

Sayu answered quickly.

"Sorry, I can't do this."

"Then don't come to my house."

"I'm sorry, this can't be done either."

"I don't have feelings for you."

"You don't know that kind of thing until you try it."

Kato Yusuke frowned, "I won't accept you."

"About this." Sayu straightened up and smiled like a blooming flower, "I only believe that everything depends on man-made efforts."

Kato Yusuke put his hand into the pocket of his sweater, turned around and left.

He found Megumi downstairs, walked to the station together, and briefly talked about the conversation he had just had with Sayu.

In fact, there was no reason why he had to tell her, but when the other party came all the way to cook for him, it would be too embarrassing to hide it.

In fact, after he sent Shiyu home last night, he talked to Hui on the phone.

Therefore, the girl knew clearly what happened yesterday, so she was not so surprised when she saw Sayu.

The two of them just walked and talked.

At night in late February, there was a cool air filling the streets.

Dim yellow lights illuminate the block, illuminating the ground with spots of light like fireflies, dotting the entire street.

Occasionally, pedestrians passed by them, making leisurely conversations, warm and comfortable.

At a certain moment, Hui suddenly said this.

"Speaking of which, Miss Ogiwara, she is really persistent."

"……Um?"

Kato Yusuke's steps stagnated slightly, then immediately returned to normal, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect her to come today. Does it bother you?"

"Well~~ I can't say it's bothering me. After all, I'm just a cook who comes to Yusuke's house to cook. I have no right to care about such things."

"No... don't say that. I have always received a lot of care from Kei, so I am the one who feels embarrassed."

"Yeah~?"

Hui responded casually, and then said as if she remembered something:

"By the way, Yusuke, I actually plan to go hiking soon, and I won't be able to come to your house to cook, so I'll tell you in advance."

"...Mountain climbing? Isn't this too sudden?"

"Hey~~ Even if you say that, I should have told you before that I want to go mountain climbing next time."

This is talking about the time when we went to stay at Shirakaba Lake.

Kato Yusuke nodded, "You said it before, but I didn't expect it to be so soon... Where do you plan to go?"

"Mount Fuji."

"when to go?"

"Hmm... I plan to go on the second weekend in March, but I haven't decided yet."

"Mid-March...that's a bit cold, isn't it?"

"No~"

Hui shook his head gently, and the single pony tail behind his head swayed, and his black hair was slightly glowing with silvery white light.

She raised her hand to lift up a strand of hair hanging on the side of her face and pushed it behind her small ears. A delicate smile appeared on her face and she looked back.

"Spring has arrived~? Yusuke."

The night wind suddenly became stronger, blowing the girl's hair swaying.

His figure was directly reflected in the boy's hole, as clear and tranquil as lake water, and Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be stunned.

"Is this so..."

He was quiet for a moment and said, "That sounds great. How many days do you plan to go there?"

? "

"Hmm...because I want to see the sunrise, so it should be two days."

"Oh, are you going with your family? Why haven't you decided yet?"

"No~"

"ah……?"

Hui smiled and met his blank eyes, with a bit of shyness in the corners of her eyes.

"As for that, it may be a bit rude to ask this, but I haven't found a companion to climb with me yet... So, Yusuke, do you want to go with me...? It's just the two of us."

Kato Yusuke thought for a moment, then lowered his head to think.

The graduation ceremony is in the first week of March, the time is OK.

My work schedule in mid-March... doesn't seem to be anything special.

The only problem is-

"...Megumi, how are you going to explain it to your family?"

"Well~ Just like before, I would say I'm going with the members of the studio." The girl replied calmly, as if she was well prepared.

And members of the studio, but not a few.

Kato Yusuke seemed to realize something, and then hesitantly asked a question that he was very concerned about.

"...Since it's said to be with the members of the studio, let's ask Shiu-senpai if they are interested?"

Hui narrowed his eyes slightly and was silent for a moment.

"...Well~ what should I say? If Yusuke hopes so, I don't mind you asking everyone.

Having said that, when everyone made an appointment to come to your house yesterday, I didn’t seem to receive the notice. Yusuke, do you know what’s going on? "

"No, I don't know."

Kato Yusuke shook his head repeatedly, speechless.

Although he had some vague speculation in his heart, it was not something he could talk about now.

Fortunately, Hui didn't seem to care about this and just said a few words.

"Then, Yusuke, do you think it will be boring to be with me? Do you have to ask everyone to come together?"

"Actually, I don't hate being with everyone, I just feel like I'm being left behind."

"But it must have just been forgotten by accident, right?"

"After all, my sense of presence is very weak, so there is nothing I can do about it. Although I was in the gym at the time, Kasumigaoka-senpai would inevitably be negligent."

"Anyway, if Yusuke thinks it's better for us all to work together, that's fine with me, right? It's totally fine, right?"

Kato Yusuke's cheeks twitched, and he felt his scalp was numb, so he walked on thin ice and said:

"Yeah...I understand. If you don't mind if it's just the two of us, Megumi, I'd like to accompany you."

"Okay~ It's settled then."

Hui nodded his head briskly twice and said thoughtfully:

"There are also professional equipment used when climbing. Since I don't know much about it, let's make an appointment to purchase it together?"

"good."

Kato Yusuke had no reason to refuse and decisively agreed.

In this way, he took Hui, who seemed to have improved a lot, to the station, and then turned back home alone.

Halfway through, he suddenly received a work message from Kano-chan on his phone, reminding him that the day after tomorrow was the audition for the voice actor for the role, and asking him to remember to be there.

Kato Yusuke walked back to his old apartment slowly while replying to the message.

——The refreshing citrus fragrance is gone in front of the door.

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